Anchor Version 2.4.0

We’re excited to announce our newest release of Anchor, version 2.4.0, with exciting new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and more. These additions include the following:

MAJOR NEW FEATURES:

LAN SyncEnd users who work within a Local Area Network now have the option to enable LAN Sync through their agent's Properties dialogue box.

Web Preview (US SaaS)When working within the web portal (browsing files and accessing shares), end users can now view dozens of document and image file types through a feature-rich immersive HTML5 file viewer.

ConnectWise Billing IntegrationAnchor's integration with ConnectWise now allows administrators to systematize their billing process related to accounts, total storage, or whether File Server Enablement is being utilized.

Full Support for OS X El Capitan

NEW FEATURES RELATED TO WEB UI:

Drag and drop functionality for moving files and folders within the Web.

Multi-select in Web File Browser — Users can now take mass action on content.

Items Shared With Me List Improvements — In the Shares tab of the web portal, Shared With You list items are now hidden when the end user no longer has access. Additionally, these shared items are now sorted from newest to oldest.

Users can now upload entire folder structures using Google Chrome.

NEW FEATURES RELATED TO GRANULAR AUDITING, ACTIVITY TRACKING, ALERTING, AND REPORTING:

Enhanced Persons Report — the Persons report that can be generated from the administrative web portal is now enhanced to include organization name, backup subscriptions, and information related to guest accounts.

More detailed machine health and backup reports, and usage information is now included in reports.

Reports can now be downloaded or emailed in Excel or CSV file format in addition to current PDF format.

Additional log activity on backups — in the ActivityLog page, administrators can now view information on which accounts deactivated a backup, and whether or not the backup is web-only.

Administrators can now search and track share link activity.

Improved formatting in the Bandwidth Over Time widget.

New Activity Alert to report when an email server is changed for an organization.

Expose custom email server errors in the web UI.

Cleaned up debug messages in Logs.

OTHER NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:

Improved formatting of System Setting Alert during Anchor server installation.

Leading and trailing periods are no longer allowed when naming Team Shares.